ABHISAMAYALAMKARA

ANALYSIS OF
Aspect: The perfect purification of body, speech
and mind, owing to the cognition of the true essence of
all the elements of existence.—
[Abhis. aloka. MS. 47a. 12-13.]
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[Sphut. 17a. 2-3.] nnam-pa-ni chos thams-cad-kyi fan*
gi-no-bo rtogs-pa k no '^as lus-la-sogs-pa mam-p® thamscad-du
mam-par-dag-pa zes-byq-ba yin-no, 1
9 Steadfastness, highest.
^rfwragrfccWRf = bzod-pa chen-po.
Object: The elements of existence, Matter etc.
characterized as having no differentiation whatever,
inasmuch as the particular and universal essences of all
the elements are inadmissible from the standpoint of the
Absolute.—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 47b. 9-10.]
11 (I. 3Id.}.
[Sphut, 17a. 3-4.] (bzod-pa) chen-pohi dmigs-pa-ni
ran dan spyihi mtshan-nid mi-hthad-pas chos thams-cad
mtshan-ma-med~pB-md -do zes-bya-ba yin-no. 2
Aspect. The absence of a belief in the reality of
of the (separate) elements upon which the mind is directed
and the absence of a cognition of them as having an
ultimate reality, inasmuch as the (separate) esseness of
Matter etc., have no real substratum.—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 47b. 16—48a, 3.]
(I. 32a, k).
[Sphut. 17a. 4-5.] rnam-pa-ni ran-bzin-kho-nas gzugsla-sogs-pahi
mtshan-ma-rnams-kjyi rten dan-bral-ha-md"
I Pane. I. 140b. 5, 6, sqq. Ast 11.9.—
2 Pan. I. 141a. 6—144b. 7.—de-cihi~phyir-ze-na. hdi-ltar des chos
ihams-cad dnos-po-med-pahi rah-hzin-du etc.—"Indeed he cognizes
all the elements of existence as devoid of a (separate) reality." Asf.
II. 12—12. IK
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3%yis mos-pa yid-la-byed-pas mi-mos-sin de-kho-na-nid yidla-byed-pas
yons-su-ses-pa-med-pa zes-bya-ba-yin-te. 1
So we have, with objects and aspects, the threefold
Degree of Steadfastness. It bears this name because (the
Bodhisattva) becomes possessed of a steadfast mind,
owing to which he is able to master the profound Doctrine
without fear and can no more fall into evil births.—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 48a. 5-6 ]
[Sphut. 17a. 5-6.] de-ltar-na han-hgro med-pas choschenhpo4a
bzod-pahi-phyir bzod-par-hgyur-ba dmigs-pa
dan rnam-pa dah-ldan-pa rnam-pa-gsam-mo.
10 Highest Mundane Virtues, inferior.
^^rrr^PT^T'H^lci = chos-mchog chttn-nu.
Object; The elements constituting the personality
rof the Bodhisattva, as being merged in trance during
which they are not percieved as separate realities from
the standpoint of the Absolute.—
[Abhis. aloka, MS. 486b. 1-4.]
: (I. 32c ).
Sphut. 17b. 1-2.] (chos-mchog) chuh-huhi dmigs-pani
chos thams-cad sfaye-ba-med-pa dan dpah-bar-hgro-bala-sogs-pahi
tin-he-hdzin bsgom-par-byaho zes-bya-ba
yin-no. 2
Aspect: The functions of this meditative trance,
the activity of which, owing to the vows, the virtues, and
the wisdom (of the Bodhisattva) and owing to the
efficiency of the fundamental element of the Absolute,
manifests itself without effort in all the regions of the
world in accordance with the needs of the converts. In
such a way the Bodhisattva attains Supreme Enlightenment
at an early date.—
1 Ast. 13. 2-7.
2 Pane. I. 145a. K—byan~chen-rnams-kyi tin~ne-hdzin chos
thams-cad skye-ba-med-pa zes-bya-st® etc.—"the meditation of the
Bodhisattvas the Mahasattvas has for its object the absence of
origination with all the elements of existence." Ast. 13.7.— m%-
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Cf - S - N - Dasgupta, History of
Indian Philosophy, p. 272,